11 drones shot down in Crimea says head of annexed peninsula

According to Sergey Aksyonov, head of annexed Crimea, air defense forces shot down 11 drones over the peninsula on Monday, July 24.

“There was a strike on an ammunition depot in the Dzhankoi area. Additionally, UAV debris damaged a private house in Kirovske district,” Aksyonov wrote on Telegram.

Aksyonov added that, due to the drone attack, “for safety reasons,” traffic on the railroad in Dzhankoi and on the Dzhankoi-Simferopol highway had been suspended.

Residents within five kilometers (three miles) of the site of the attack in Dzhankoi are being evacuated.

There were no casualties, Aksyonov wrote.